Pick E2B if
agent authors who will create/kill sandboxes in code and watch per-second CPU + RAM.
Read the E2B pageE2B vs Runpod
Our take
Pick E2B if agent authors who will create/kill sandboxes in code and watch per-second CPU + RAM. Pick Runpod if engineers who will pick a GPU row and pay by the second. Skip E2B if teams that want a published H100 VM they SSH into (Lambda). Skip Runpod if teams that want a managed Ray workspace instead of a raw container (Anyscale).
Best for
E2B Run the model’s code somewhere that is not your laptop
Runpod Rent a GPU by the second
Free plan
E2B $0 · /month. One-time $100 usage credit. 20 concurrent sandboxes. 1 hour max continuous runtime. 10 GiB disk included. No card
Runpod No free plan
Lowest paid
E2B Enterprise $3/mo
Runpod RTX A5000 $0.27
Next step up
E2B Pro $150/mo
Runpod RTX 4090 $0.89
Coding agent
E2B Sandboxes
Runpod
Runs where
E2B Hosted
Runpod
Watch out
E2B Hobby is 1 hour continuous and 20 concurrent
Runpod You pay while the Pod exists
Last checked
E2B 2026-10-22 · e2b.dev/pricing
Runpod 2026-10-22 · runpod.io/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Runpod if
engineers who will pick a GPU row and pay by the second.
Read the Runpod page